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Definition of cut a swathe through in English:

cut a swathe through

phrase

Pass through (something) causing great damage, destruction, or change.

‘the great storm cut a swathe through the country’

‘Although there have been many protests as the giant fence cuts a swathe through communities and farmland, the ultra orthodox ruling tyke party vowed to continue the construction.’

‘This period of relative tranquility ended around 1240, when Tartar invaders were cutting a swath through Europe.’

‘Increasing numbers of ticks have cut a swath through the young grouse populations.’

‘For reinstall and reformat like the champions of old had cut a wide swath across the plains and laid waste to the evil of the registry which had existed.’

‘He said the Environment Canada reports reinforces his perception that the province was lax in its preparation for the hurricane, which cut a wide swath of destruction across Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.’

‘Wald singled out AIDS, which is cutting a swath through many of the continent's armies.’

‘Shortly thereafter, she'd begun to rent a small house near where much of the earlier destruction had cut a swath through the town.’

‘A gay stigma - particularly powerful in the still homophobic world of African-Americans - keeps the disease on the ‘down-low’ even as it cuts a swathe through whole populations.’

‘In many African communities where AIDS has cut a swath through the young adult population, the older generation is caring for its grown-up children and their children.’